ObamaCare is still going into effect in 2014, but one key component of it is being temporarily shelved. The White House today postponed by one year a rule requiring employers to either provide coverage to employees or face hefty fines, reports the Wall Street Journal. The rule will take effect in 2015, instead of 2014...

Let's make one thing clear. Obamacare does not make anything better for me or my family. Nothing. Not now, not tomorrow, not in 50 years. It makes it worse. More for us to pay now and less benefits when we normally would have gotten from medicare in the future.

This pie in the sky idea that the average middle class working man is going to benefit in the long run is total bull shit.

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Like it or not its here to stay. SCOTUS says its constitional. You need 60 votes in the Senate and the Presidency to repeal. And with the Republican party in a demographic death spiral, that ain't going to happen ever.

The sooner that they realize its better to improve Obamacare, the better for us all.

Roberts made the right call, there's nothing in Article I Section 8 that prevents Congress from levying taxes to pay for the general welfare. In fact, that's exactly what it says word for word. If Americans don't want to pay for that tax, they can easily replace their reps. (As Roberts noted)

I understand the mechanics but Obama signed the bill. Without his signature, it wasn't law. Therefore he was 1/2 the equation. Furthermore he openly campaigned on it in 2012 and was re-elected. If Romney was elected, he could submit budgets that don't include funding for Obamacare and only the Senate would be able to block it. (Too bad the Dems had full control in 2010 when the abortion happened)

This is a reasonable point of view -- except for the last sentence in parentheses, there.

Again, Democrats had almost no options since the Republican Party refused to cooperate in any formation of a Romneycare-esque overhaul of the American healthcare system. So, since the Dems were unable to sacrifice a single Democratic vote, had to make sure that 100% of the on-the-fence Dems would be protected for supporting the law.

American businesses were one of many organizations that the Dems turned to. One of the areas businesses put their foot down on was that they did not want to have to provide healthcare coverage on a per capita basis. They preferred to have it applied in this arbitrary 50+ employee basis -- simply because it affected very few of them.

But the application of that rule will have wide consequences, and it's simply poor policy. It needs to be repaired.

Not sure you read the ruling. 1, it said that the tax portion of it is legal under Article 1 but that this tax can be repealed anytime. (Roberts essentially said withold funding if you dislike the bill and that is what the GOP is trying to do).

2, they struck down the mandatory expansion of Medicaid portion of the bill. Wihtout this mechanism to expand reach, Obamacare won't really work anyway. So no, SCOTUS didn't simply rule in favor of Obama's plan although you O-Bots think they did.

Was there a paragraph in the 11tybillion pages that gives Joe the Plumber power to hold/push through any parts that he wants?

Not Joe the Plumber, not really anybody.

This is one of those things the executive branch is just going to do -- but what Congressman on earth is going to make the administration enforce this, and wear it around their neck come election time?

Let's make one thing clear. Obamacare does not make anything better for me or my family. Nothing. Not now, not tomorrow, not in 50 years. It makes it worse. More for us to pay now and less benefits when we normally would have gotten from medicare in the future.

Fortunately, we do not make policy solely on making your life easier, but making the country stronger.

Should the United States government pass policy only to make Direckshun's life easier? Of ****ing course not.

But it's perfectly fine to feel that way about mlyonsd, I guess. Unless I've ridiculously misunderstood your point.

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This pie in the sky idea that the average middle class working man is going to benefit in the long run is total bull shit.

Sure it is. Obamacare has already bent the cost curve of healthcare over much of the country, just as it has happened in Massachussetts under Romneycare -- imagine that.

But the people that will benefit the most are the people on the lower end of the middle class, and the people that will benefit the most are the working poor. They are Priority A1 on this bill, and Priority A2 was to bend the cost curve for almost everybody else.